Europol Launches Global Campaign Against Dark Web Vendors, Buyers The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, better known as Europol, announced on March 26, 2019, that it has made an ongoing partnership with law enforcement from Canada, the United States and the member states of the European Union to target buyers and sellers of…
What Happens to Your Crypto When You Die? By CCN.com: Simon Goldring, a lawyer, and partner at British firm McDermott Will & Emery, wrote a piece in The National Law Review this week talking about the function of cryptocurrencies as an inheritance. Not a crypto expert, the lawyer still provides some sage advice on how…
World’s largest dark web marketplace shut down by authorities In a joint operation between European and U.S. authorities servers of the major dark web marketplaces Wall Street Market and Valhalla has been seized in Germany and Finland, and its operators have been arrested from Germany, the U.S. and Brazil. Both platforms were highly popular for…
Square Cash’s Bitcoin (BTC) Sales Go Parabolic, Signals Renewed Crypto Hype For Bitcoin (BTC) investors outside of the U.S., the names “Square” or “Cash App” might not ring a bell. For American crypto diehards, however, Square’s flagship product, the BTC-friendly Cash App, has been all the rage. The fintech startup’s financial report has revealed that…
THE GOVERNMENT IS ALL SET TO BAN CRYPTOCURRENCIES Bitcoin Ban Blues? India Reportedly Weighs Draconian Law to Ban Cryptocurrency The publication reports that a draft of the “Banning of Cryptocurrencies and Regulation of Official Digital Currencies Bill 2019″ is currently bouncing between different government departments, all of whom are toeing the government’s line. The “Banning…
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested in London, Site’s Bitcoin Donations Spike Julian Assange, co-founder of Wikileaks and early Bitcoin supporter, was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and faces extradition to the U.S. on conspiracy charges. Having spent the last seven years seeking asylum in the embassy, Assange has at last lost the support…
